Paranoid Android

Fix a vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.2 and 10.3

Version 1.3 released Feb 22, 2006
Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or newer
NOT compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 Leopard.

Version History

1.3 (released Feb 22, 2006)

  • Paranoid Android can now notify you when a file is launched with a custom application (one other than the default one for the document's file type). This does not affect opening documents from within applications.
  • Updated to mitigate the recent Safari/LaunchServices exploit described in detail here.

1.1 (released Apr 22, 2005)

  • Protected applications now appear in the APE Manager preference pane under Enhanced Applications.
  • Added support for Jaguar.
  • Added more permitted URL schemes. The permitted schemes are 'http', 'https', 'ftp', 'mailto', 'itms', 'addressbook', 'rtsp', 'pnm', 'ical', 'webcal', 'sherlock', 'guikit', and 'file'.

1.2 (released May 25, 2004)

  • The whitelist now defaults to just 'http', 'https', and 'mailto'.
  • Added user configuration in the APE Manager preference pane for the whitelist.
  • Matching the whitelist is now done in a case-sensitive manner.
  • Paranoid Android now displays the application that will be used to open a URI.

1.0 (released May 20, 2004)

  • Initial Release.